A hot Hollywood couple will be getting even hotter in San Antonio - in the kitchen of their new but retro-looking Alamo Heights bakery.

Actor Armie Hammer - he's known for his turn as both Winklevoss twins in "The Social Network" and will portray the Lone Ranger opposite Johnny Depp's Tonto in a new movie - and his wife, Elizabeth Chambers, a correspondent for E! News and "Access Hollywood," will be very "hands-on," Chambers said, when they open Bird Bakery on Saturday.

"(It's) our baby, and we're fully committed to making it the very best it can be," Chambers wrote via email.

A University of Texas at Austin grad who was born in San Antonio but left early for Denver and Northern California, says she and Hammer have been "on the hunt for a home" since they will be spending a significant amount of time in San Antonio.

Balancing their movie and TV work - his in New Mexico, where "The Lone Ranger" is being filmed, hers in L.A. - with "our baby Bird in S.A.," she said, "hasn't been easy, but we make it work."

"Every single recipe on the menu, every beam in the ceiling, every light fixture, the counters, the books … have our fingerprints all over it," said Chambers, a self-described "control freak." "From start to finish, this has been our vision."

Chambers, who also works as an actress, with many guest roles under her belt on TV shows such as "Criminal Minds," said E! will be visiting the bakery for a "first look."

Hammer, doing the talk-show circuit for his movie "Mirror, Mirror," a new take on the Snow White tale, also has been talking up the new S.A. bakery. On "Ellen" last week, he explained why it would be here instead of L.A.

"San Antonio doesn't have that many great bakeries, so hopefully we can get ahead of the market," he said.

He emphasized almost everything in the bakery would have San Antonio's stamp on it, adding that many of the recipes have been adapted from those of Chambers' grandmother, so they have a special place in his wife's heart.

I recently stopped by the roomy Bird - next to TCBY at 5912 Broadway. Things that caught my eye were a vintage-looking coffee machine, old-timey fixtures and a décor right out of "Mildred Pierce." Best news for local star watchers?

"We will both be here," Chambers promised, "not only greeting customers but serving them the best desserts (including 12 kinds of cupcakes) they have ever tasted. We are completely hands-on in the kitchen and up front."

In the zones

Every time ominous weather hits our city, as it did a week ago, I become newly baffled as to why our NBC affiliate isn't higher on the audience scale.

WOAI's forecast folks, led by meteorologist John Gerard, are clearly passionate about storm updates and safety warnings, working late into the night to report every detail of Mother Nature's rage. Lately, more and more compliments have been paid to the station's "4 Zone" concept, which was launched last fall.

"There are 25 counties in our viewing area, and when I arrived here two years ago, I couldn't understand how it was possible to issue a one-size-fits-all forecast that would be accurate for everybody from the Rio Grande to the Hill Country," Gerard said.

How could you forecast a 30 percent chance of showers, he wondered, knowing it most likely wouldn't rain in San Antonio but would in Seguin? He also recognized four distinct climate regions in WOAI's viewing area. Thus, the "Zone" concept was born. Though it requires a tremendous amount of work, he said, it's nice to be able to be specific.

The latest ratings have WOAI still behind KSAT and KENS for local news; however, its audience has grown from a year ago, and I'm betting this "4 Zone" innovation is partly responsible.

"It's so much fun when people come up to me and say, 'Hi, I'm Mary, and I live in the Western Zone,' " Gerard said.

Jeanne Jakle's column appears Wednesdays and Sundays in S.A. Life, and she blogs at Jakle's Jacuzzi on mySA.com.